Beg, borrow . . . or kill!
St. Michaelโs College, Cambridge, is prestigious, stately โ and in frightful disrepair. To replenish its dwindling coffers, the Collegeโs Master holds a fundraising weekend for wealthy alums. But all goes awry when the glamorous โ and despised โ Lexy Laurant is found strangled on the grounds. Thereโs a lengthy list of likely suspects: Lexyโs debt-ridden Latino lover, her titled ex-husband who left her for another woman, and a garrulous oil-rich Texan with something to hide, among others.
As Detective Chief Inspector St. Just weighs clashing egos, he discovers unsavoury secrets . . . and a shocking twist.